South Korea Offers To Talk With North On Winter Olympics Cooperation

South Korea has offered high-level talks with rival North Korea meant to find ways to cooperate on the Winter Olympics set to begin in the South next month.

Tuesday’s offer came a day after North Korean leader Kim Jong-un said in his New Year’s address that he’s willing to send a delegation to the Olympics, though he also repeated nuclear threats against the United States.Jong-un said,

‘The Winter Olympic games that will be held soon in the South will be a good opportunity to display the status of the Korean nation and we sincerely wish that the event will be held with good results.’

South Korean Unification Minster Cho Myoung-gyon (pictured below) says the South proposes the two Koreas meet Jan. 9 at the border village of Panmunjom to discuss Olympic cooperation.It also comes after South Korean President Moon Jae-in said improvement of inter-Korean relations was linked to resolving the North’s nuclear programme.